My RSI project

This is the project that I did during my stay at RSI, in the MIT, AeroAstro, REALM lab, with the help of Charles Dawson and Kunal Garg, and the mentorship of Professor Chuchu Fan.

This project introduces an exciting development in the world of autonomous drones – those flying vehicles that can navigate on their own without a pilot. Drones are becoming increasingly popular and have a wide range of potential uses, like delivering packages or helping in rescue missions. The project focuses on the Tello drone, an affordable and versatile drone. We have developed special software using computer vision to make the drone follow markers called “AprilTags”, which are printed, pre-positioned visual markers, allowing the drone to navigate autonomously through gates, like an explorer in an obstacle course. The project is educational and safe, encouraging experimentation. In the future, these ideas could be applied to larger drones for exciting applications like package delivery and emergency assistance. We have also started investigating the possibility of implementing all the Tello drone software to a bigger drone that we have assembled.